Niu Jin was not aware of it for a moment and fell into the formation. He knew that he was trapped. He didn't want to sit still and wait for death. He quickly led the army to rush left and right to find a way out.

But under the command of Ding Feng and Xu Sheng, the military formation has many changes! Niu Jin cannot break the military formation and cannot escape. He can only passively resist Cao's army's repeated attacks, and will be captured sooner or later.

Cao Ren could see clearly on the top of the city that he had long seen that the military formation arranged by Ding Feng was his most skilled Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation.

This formation is quite difficult. Although Ding Feng and Xu Sheng barely set it up, they have many flaws and are not flexible in operation. In the eyes of a master of formation, it is like showing off their skills. Cracking is naturally a slap!

Seeing Niu Jin being trapped in the Formation Gai and unable to conflict, he couldn't help but have a skill itch. He put on his armor and got on the horse. He was too lazy to order the troops and horses. He just led hundreds of heroes under his command out of the city, swung his sword hard, and entered the formation from Shengmen.

Xu Sheng turned out from the formation to fight, but he was young after all, and he was not as good as Cao Ren in terms of formation skills or martial arts skills, so he naturally couldn't resist it!

Xu Sheng did not think about fighting to the death. When he saw that dozens of his subordinates had been damaged, he was afraid of being criticized by Jiang Qin, so he quickly led his troops to retreat and let Cao Ren go.

Cao Ren went to Gaixin to rescue Niu Jin. Looking back at the formation, there were still dozens of cavalry soldiers in the formation and could not be found out, so he turned over and rushed into Jingmen, killed out of Shengmen, and rescued them all from the siege.

Cao Ren came out of the formation and happened to Jiang Qin crossed the Han River and led his army to block Cao Ren's way.

Jiang Qin's martial arts are only between Cao Ren. Cao Ren has Niu Jin's help, and Jiang Qin cannot resist it, so he has to give in and let Cao Ren return to the city.

But Cao Ren is not as simple as returning to the city, because his younger brother Cao Chun has led his army to fight.

At first, when Cao Chun saw his brother breaking the formation, he hurried back to the barracks, lit up the five hundred tiger and leopard cavalry, and went out of the city to respond. He happened to meet Jiang Qin's army leading the army, and the formation was not complete.

Cao Chun led the tiger and leopard cavalry to rush to the death, and it was like entering an uninhabited state in the Jiangdong army. He rushed left and right, killing the Jiangdong army to flee in all directions.

The two sides fought for a while, and Jiang Qin suffered heavy losses and lost most of his troops. Jiang Qin led his army to be defeated, Cao Ren returned to victory, and the morale of the soldiers in the city was greatly boosted.

Although there are many coincidences in Jiang Qin's defeat this time, it is reasonable!

The Jiangdong Army's combat effectiveness on land was not as good as that of Cao's army. In addition, Xu Sheng and Ding Feng's battle formation failed. Jiang Qin, who had a disorganized formation, was killed by Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry. It was difficult for Cao Ren to be unable to defeat!

When Jiang Qin returned to see Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu was furious and wanted to push Jiang Qin out to behead him. All the generals pleaded with love before they could be dismissed.

In fact, Zhou Yu didn't really want to kill Jiang Qin. He just took advantage of the situation and hit Sun Quan a little.

Jiang Qin suffered losses and generals. Zhou Yu wanted to kill Jiang Qin in real military law, and Sun Quan could only suffer a loss, but it would be like a breakup between them and it would be difficult to get along in the future!

Zhou Yu naturally would not engage in reckless activities. Almost everyone has the suspicion of the superiors, which is not unacceptable!

Jiang Qin's unexpected defeat also aroused Zhou Yu's alertness. He immediately revised the plan for a quick battle and adopted a steady and steady approach.

Zhou Yu ordered his troops and set up a large village by the river to confront Cao Ren.

But he did not remain calm and sent out many troops from time to time to attack the entire county town, fortress and pass of Jiangling County, leaving only Jiangling City and Cao Hong's Yiling Camp.

It took nearly two months to clear the periphery of Jiangling County!

At this moment, the spy heard news that Liu Bei had pacified the three counties in Jingnan, and Guan Yu set out from Jiangxia to attack Changsha.

Zhou Yu was a little anxious when he heard this. He was afraid that Liu Bei would come back to compete with him for Jiangling after he captured Changsha, so he ordered his troops to attack Jiangling City and wanted to fight Cao Ren in a decisive battle.

Gan Ning, the general of Jiangdong, turned out to be under the command of Jiangxia prefect Huang Zu. After surrendering to Jiangdong, he made many contributions. It can be said that he was a hero in the attack and killing Huang Zu, and was deeply loved by Sun Quan.

Seeing Zhou Yu suddenly changed his mind and wanted to attack Jiangling directly, he quickly dissuaded:

"The governor cannot be reckless. Cao Ren now ordered Cao Hong to defend Yiling City. As a siege, our troops did not have much advantage. We wanted to siege the city, but we were unable to divide our troops to resist Cao Hong's harassment. I was willing to use three thousand elite troops to directly take Yiling and relieve the governor's worries. The governor can then take Jiangling."

Zhou Yu thought about it, and did not relieve his worries first. In fact, he would not achieve the goal of haste, so he taught Gan Ning to lead three thousand elite troops to attack Yiling.

Gan Ning led his troops to march towards Yiling, and he had already reported Cao Ren in detail. Cao Ren found Chen Jiao, the adviser who Cao Cao left him.

Chen Jiao said: "If Yiling is in trouble, Nanjun cannot be defended for a long time. Generals should go and rescue him quickly."

Cao Renshen thought of a plan, which might be able to capture and kill Gan Ning, so he ordered Cao Chun and Niu Jin to quietly leave the city at night and lead 5,000 troops to rescue Cao Hong.

Cao Chun first sent someone to inform Cao Hong and ordered Cao Hong to transport the military supplies to the military camp outside Yiling City, leaving only an empty city, and then leaving the city to lure the enemy.

After Gan Ning led his troops to Yiling, he fought outside the city. Cao Hong left the city to fight with Gan Ning. After more than twenty rounds of battle, Cao Hong could not resist and led his army to be defeated.

Perhaps because he was afraid of being trapped, Cao Hong did not return to the city, but was defeated directly, and Gan Ning took over Yiling.

This is just a small county town. The people inside had moved to Jiangling City long ago. After Gan Ning entered, they quickly searched and found that this was an empty city. They knew they were trapped and wanted to retreat, but it was too late!

It was already dusk. Cao Chun and Niu Jin soldiers arrived. The two were combined, and the troops reached 15,000, and surrounded Yiling City.

Gan Ning also wanted to break through, but when he saw Cao Chun's hundreds of leopard riders and tigers eyeing him, he felt astonished and immediately gave up this idea.

Because Gan Ning's three thousand soldiers were all infantry, it was not difficult to break through Cao Hong's encirclement, but it was almost impossible to escape the pursuit of the tiger and leopard cavalry!

Fortunately, Cao Hong's siege is not tight yet, Gan Ning sent a capable young general to break out on a horse and report to Zhou Yu, saying that Gan Ning was trapped in Yiling City by Cao Hong. Zhou Yu was shocked when he heard this and gathered all generals to discuss.

Although Cheng Pu is Zhou Yu's deputy, he is the oldest general and has a high prestige in the army. According to convention, he was the first to speak:

"Rescue soldiers are like putting out fires, the governor can quickly divide his troops to rescue them."

Because Cheng Pu had already put forward the rescue opinions, no one spoke again. Because even if someone thought that it was impossible to rescue, he would not say it out, and offended Cheng Pu and Gan Ning for no reason.

Zhou Yu thought about it and said with concern:

"Rescue is certain, but there is no complete solution yet! If you go to rescue Gan Ning, you must not miss the troops, otherwise it is a tactic of adding fuel to the military. This place is just a must, and there must be no mistakes. If I divide my troops to rescue Gan Ning, if Cao Ren attacks all the troops from Jiangling, how can I resist?"
Chapter completed!